Dec 23, 20221 min readSeason's Greetings from the LHC!A hallmark of the winter season, holiday cards have been a favorite way to send good cheer since the late 19th century. Local artist...
Jul 1, 20212 min readBlack History☆★☆ The Answer is: 42 ☆★☆Donations to the Local History Collection take all forms. Though photographs and documents are our most-received items, our holdings...
Jun 18, 20213 min readBlack HistoryJuneteenth JubilationThe Bryant Library Local History Collection celebrates Juneteenth, our country’s newest federal holiday, by remembering some of the...
Jan 18, 20212 min readBlack HistoryMLK and WCB On this important holiday that honors the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we remember the powerful rhetoric he administered as a...
Dec 30, 20205 min readCelebrating the New Year With The Speedling'sIn January 2011, a recollection of holiday memories from early LHC donor Stewart Donaldson appeared in the Bryant Library Newsletter with...
Dec 23, 20206 min readChristopher MorleyA Christopher Morley ChristmasAs the dear patrons of our little blog know, the Bryant Library’s Local History Collection contains a veritable trove of Christopher...
Nov 11, 20202 min readArmistice Day 11/11/1918 - Veterans Day 11/11/2020On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in the year 1918, the nation celebrated the end of World War I,...
May 24, 20202 min readMemorial Day Weekend 1945Several months ago, a long-time resident walked into the Local History Collection with a cache of more than 500 letters that he found...